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August 10, 2011 Arkansas Outdoors Newsletter

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08/10/2011

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First draw for WMA deer permits completeLITTLE ROCK – The first drawing for Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Wildlife Management Area permit deer hunts is complete. Permit winners must pay for their permit by Friday, Aug. 19.

AGFC looking for reports of trumpeter swans LITTLE ROCK – The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is asking the public to help with a project by reporting trumpeter swans "summering" in Arkansas.

Leftover garden seeds can help attract deer this fallLITTLE ROCK – How is your vegetable garden doing these days? Probable answers are not good, lousy, it’s dried up and dead or – if you are fortunate – fair.

Wings of Wonder bird carvings on exhibit at LR nature centerLITTLE ROCK – John James Audubon worked with birds through his painting two centuries ago. Gerry Chisholm and Sheri Phillips-Chisholm bring birds to reality today with their woodcarving.

Youth only deer hunt scheduled for Cooks LakeCASSCOE - White River National Wildlife Refuge, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and the Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation will be holding a youth-only deer hunt at Cook’s Lake during the 2011 hunting season. The hunt will be held
Dec. 3-4.